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diff --git a/modules/pam_rootok/pam_rootok.8 b/modules/pam_rootok/pam_rootok.8 deleted file mode 100644 index 79618050..00000000 --- a/modules/pam_rootok/pam_rootok.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,77 +0,0 @@ -.\" Title: pam_rootok -.\" Author: -.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.70.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 06/23/2006 -.\" Manual: Linux\-PAM Manual -.\" Source: Linux\-PAM Manual -.\" -.TH "PAM_ROOTOK" "8" "06/23/2006" "Linux\-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual" -.\" disable hyphenation -.nh -.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) -.ad l -.SH "NAME" -pam_rootok \- Gain only root access -.SH "SYNOPSIS" -.HP 14 -\fBpam_rootok.so\fR [debug] -.SH "DESCRIPTION" -.PP -pam_rootok is a PAM module that authenticates the user if their -\fIUID\fR -is -\fI0\fR. Applications that are created setuid\-root generally retain the -\fIUID\fR -of the user but run with the authority of an enhanced effective\-UID. It is the real -\fIUID\fR -that is checked. -.SH "OPTIONS" -.TP 3n -\fBdebug\fR -Print debug information. -.SH "MODULE SERVICES PROVIDED" -.PP -Only the -\fBauth\fR -service is supported. -.SH "RETURN VALUES" -.TP 3n -PAM_SUCCESS -The -\fIUID\fR -is -\fI0\fR. -.TP 3n -PAM_AUTH_ERR -The -\fIUID\fR -is -\fBnot\fR -\fI0\fR. -.SH "EXAMPLES" -.PP -In the case of the -\fBsu\fR(1) -application the historical usage is to permit the superuser to adopt the identity of a lesser user without the use of a password. To obtain this behavior with PAM the following pair of lines are needed for the corresponding entry in the -\fI/etc/pam.d/su\fR -configuration file: -.sp -.RS 3n -.nf -# su authentication. Root is granted access by default. -auth sufficient pam_rootok.so -auth required pam_unix.so - -.fi -.RE -.sp -.SH "SEE ALSO" -.PP - -\fBsu\fR(1), -\fBpam.conf\fR(5), -\fBpam.d\fR(8), -\fBpam\fR(8) -.SH "AUTHOR" -.PP -pam_rootok was written by Andrew G. Morgan, <morgan@kernel.org>. |